C.

Cabinets, 246.

Cabriolet, 497, 498.

Caldron, forms of the, 144-147.

Candles, 43, 107, 249-252, 375, 376.

Candle-beam, 376.

Candlesticks, 376, 378, 475; attached to the walls of halls, 378, 455.

Caquets de l’accouchée, 481.

Cards, history of the game of, 221-225, 386, 484-488.

Caroches, 495.

Carole, the name of a dance, 228.

Carpets, 245, 371, 402.

Carriages, among the Anglo-Saxons, 73; among the English, 116, 434, 435, 495.

Cart, riding in, disgraceful, 344.

Cats, 243, 244.

Cellar, the, 133.

Chairs, 41, 42, 94, 155, 244, 374, 375, 378, 401, 473, 483.

Chairs, for conveyance, 497.

Chambers, Anglo-Saxon, 11, 40-47; early English, 132, 244-246, 260-262; in the fifteenth century, 381, 399-402.

Chamber-maidens, 270.

Chandeliers, 376, 475.

Chaplets of flowers, popular in the middle ages, 288.

Cherries, cultivated by the Anglo-Saxons, 295; and generally in England during the middle ages, 299, 300, 302.

Cherry-fairs, 299.

Chess, game of, 41, 106; history of the game, 195-214, 286, 287.

Chessmen, ancient, 202-206.

Chests, 110, 138, 262-268, 477.

Chestnut, meaning of the word, 296.

Children, treatment of, 47-51, 494.

Chimneys, 99, 245.

Churning, 92.

Cittern, the musical instrument, 186, 187.

Clergy, Anglo-Saxon, addicted to hunting, 68; corruptors of domestic morals in the middle ages, 282.

_Cnithad_ (boyhood), period of among the Anglo-Saxons, 52.

Coaches, 495.

Coal, mineral, used among the Anglo-Saxons, 21.

Coffers, 110, 263-268.

Cold-harbour, origin of the term, 76.

Cooks, 87, 88.

Cookery, among the Anglo Saxons, 26, 27; English, 91, 148-150, 347-356, 395; in the fifteenth century, 381.

Couch, the, 474.

Counter, or table for writing, 450.

Couples, guests placed at table in, 157.

Court-cupboards, 474.

Cradle, Anglo-Saxon, 49, 50; English, 402.

Cressets, implements for giving light, 454.

Cupboard, 173, 362, 371, 379, 450, 461, 462.

Curtains, bed, 403-411.

Curtains of chamber, 244.

Cymbals, 189.